Jacob Guntlack
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Jacob Guntlack
Jacob Guntlack (1744–1771) was a notorious Swedish thief and impostor. He began his thievery in Sweden and Finland at age fifteen; he was a famous criminal by the time he was executed in Stockholm in front of thousands of spectators. His memoirs, entitled Den uti Smedjegårds-häktet nu fängslade ryktbare bedragaren och tjufwen Jacob Guntlacks lefwernes-beskrifning, af honom sjelf författad, were published the same year, either written by himself in prison, or after interviews in prison.
References[]
- Gunnar W. Lundberg; Stortjuven Jacob Guntlack: En svensk Cartouche ISBN 91-7008-838-1.
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- 1744 births
- 1771 deaths
- Executed Swedish people
- People executed by Sweden by hanging
- 18th-century Swedish criminals
- 18th-century executions by Sweden
- Age of Liberty people
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